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New SEP sesam backup "Jaglion" expands features and improves performance
Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022

New SEP sesam backup "Jaglion" expands features and improves performance

SEP sesam version Jaglion - the hybrid of jaguar and lion symbolises the combination of the best features impressively implemented with the latest version of SEP sesam Hybrid Backup. Jaglion offers you multiple advantages in simplification & ease of use, platform diversity, performance and security.

Univention Corporate Server 5.0-1 released
Monday, Jan 17, 2022

Univention Corporate Server 5.0-1 released

The first point release of UCS 5.0 brings further important features and rounds off the major release from May 2021. The announced Light Theme is now available as an alternative for the user interface. There were improvements in the UCS Portal and App Center, and a number of other apps are now available for UCS 5.0.

Univention Corporate Server 5.0 released
Tuesday, Jun 1, 2021

Univention Corporate Server 5.0 released

The fifth major release of Univention Corporate Server is ready and available for download. UCS 5.0 contains new features, has a fresh look, comes with several improvements and bug fixes. The new version also uses a new core: UCS 5.0 is based on Debian 10 (‘Buster’) and Python 3.

UCS 5.0 – first release candidate published
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021

UCS 5.0 – first release candidate published

With the first release candidate (RC), Univention are announcing the finalisation phase for the major release of Univention Corporate Server, UCS 5.0. They will be concentrating on stabilising the features implemented up to this point. Compared to the beta version of UCS 5, which was published in December, they have been able to achieve many improvements, in particular in the web interface of the UCS portal, the management console and the Univention App Center.

UCS 5.0 – Focus instead of feature overkill
Thursday, Dec 17, 2020

UCS 5.0 – Focus instead of feature overkill

The variety of existing Open Source projects makes it easy to add new features to a modular product like UCS. The basic requirements for many things already exist and there are positive experiences with those software projects. At Univention, we pursue the goal of making these functions available to our users. In addition, we want to maintain the integration with our core components. This maintenance is definitely the larger part of the work, which is very noticeable during upgrades. One goal of …

Video Tutorial: Integrating Ubuntu Clients into the UCS Domain with Univention Domain Join Assistant
Tuesday, Oct 1, 2019

Video Tutorial: Integrating Ubuntu Clients into the UCS Domain with Univention Domain Join Assistant

Our film tutorial explains how administrators can use the Univention Domain Join Assistant to integrate Ubuntu machines into a UCS domain without any further manual configuration effort:

Unclouding: UCS-Apps as SaaS-Alternative
Monday, Aug 5, 2019

Unclouding: UCS-Apps as SaaS-Alternative

Not only since the discussions about the GDPR last year, security and data protection have returned to the attention of both companies and users. Following the trend to move as much as possible to the cloud, there are now again conflicting approaches: The “unclouding”, that is the return from the cloud to on-premise solutions on the one hand or the operation of own systems in IaaS environments (Infrastructure as a Service) on the other.

UCS 4.4 is out now!
Thursday, Mar 28, 2019

UCS 4.4 is out now!

UCS 4.4 is out now with a focus on new features, higher security and ease of administration. With the application “Admin Diary”, UCS now supports administrators in making administrative activities traceable. For higher security, password policies can be defined more strictly and flexibly. UCS 4.4 has also added support for trusts, which enables the integration of services operated in Microsoft domains. Users can now enjoy an enhanced Self Service that eliminates the need for numerous admin …

Kopano is top messaging app on UCS
Thursday, Jan 31, 2019

Kopano is top messaging app on UCS

Univention has published their third party app popularity chart for December 2018 and Kopano is the top messaging app and in the number two position overall.

Apple School Manager Connector for Univention
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018

Apple School Manager Connector for Univention

iPads in schools The digitisation in schools that are equipped with UCS@school continues to progress rapidly. Many school authorities and federal states are providing schools with mobile terminals for use in the classroom. Apple’s iPads in particular are in demand. The devices are robust, easy to use and affordable. They are also equipped with a large number of special apps for digital education.